uni
French, noun/y.ni/
uni is spelled U-N-I (3 letters) and appears 36 times per million words in written French, the 2,270th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Uni is a French feminine noun meaning “university” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of unir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Université”.
What does uni mean in English?
adjective
- 1
united
adjective
- 1
having only one color, feature, etc.
noun
- 1
Switzerlandfeminineinformaluniversity
verb
- 1
past participle of unir
prefix
- 1
uni-
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Université.
adjective: 1. Qui est lié par l’affection, qui vit en bonne intelligence. 2. Qui est égal, sans aspérités. 3. Qui est simple, qui n’a aucun ornement, qui est d’un seul ton. 4. En termes d’équitation :
adverb: 1. Uniment, également.
prefix: 1. Préfixe indiquant le caractère unique d’un objet et qui sert à former des mots composés, nombreux surtout dans le langage des sciences naturelles.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of uni
- unie feminine
- unis masculine plural
- unies feminine plural
- un-
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce uni?
- /y.ni/
- \y.ni\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to uni
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is uni in French?
uni appears 36 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).